tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126Sun, 05 Oct 2014 01:03:17 +0000GreeningIt all started in our English class. We received the suggestion to build an "environmental" blog and we soon thought it would be a great idea. So here we are, discovering and writing what's on our minds, trying to change people and making them greener.http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-4901363496942389317Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:29:00 +00002010-02-28T07:47:06.755-08:00Summer Festivals<span style="font-family:verdana;">I know that there is still much time for the Summer. But, while the rain is falling and the cold is making me sick, I can think about what I'm going to do in this wonderful season. And I'm going to a summer festival, that I'm sure.<br />I went to Rock in Rio in 2008. And one thing that I noticed (besides the fantastic environment, great music and funny people) was all the trash in the grass.<br />The truth is that summer festivals can have a negative environmental impact on our planet. However, the organizers are trying to reduce the waste produced, the emissions of carbon dioxide and making people more aware. People that go to these festivals should really think about being green, and try to reduce their waste.<br />I'm going to Rock in Rio this year. I'm <strong>NOT</strong> going to miss <span style="color:#006600;">Snow Patrol</span>, of course. And I'll try to be the greeniest I can.</span> <div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 430px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i00.rnhh.de/eu/shared-images/blog/2009/06/summer-festival.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 375px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3732164294_035cf71a8c.jpg?v=0" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Rita</span></div></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2010/02/summer-festivals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-9050051350942719190Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:56:00 +00002010-02-28T08:10:58.611-08:00Where is the Love?<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">One thing I have noticed is that people are no longer good to each other. I mean, is like they're always dressed in an arrogant skin, and we need to give them something in return to receive their sympathy. People can be so mean and so selfish... That's not how it's supposed to be!</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">We should be able to get a free hug whenever we want, or to receive a peck on the forehead when we feel like... To be surrounded by the people we love, every place and anytime. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><param name="movie" value=""><object height="265" width="320"><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div></object><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Rita</div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-is-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-1402014024510420671Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:34:00 +00002009-12-24T09:25:01.975-08:00Eco-Christmas<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Yes, it's Christmas. Everybody has got their christmas tree, their house decorated, many gifts to give and receive... In this time of the year we care about everything, except the environment. But there are many tricks and tips to have an eco-Christmas, and we all are able to at least try them. So eat the chocolates you want, laugh, be in the company of those you love and try to be eco-friendly, so you can enjoy the same or better Christmas next year!</strong></span> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418854667181422546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SzOjnAbQ99I/AAAAAAAAACs/ORZG0buJJVg/s200/Sem+t%C3%ADtulo.bmp" border="0" /></strong></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Rita</strong></span></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/12/eco-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-5271526924103871363Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:08:00 +00002009-12-08T03:25:20.911-08:00Surfers' marks<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.surf-dude.nl/images/wallpapers/surf_board_wallpaper_legg_800.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Surfers are permanent travellers. What defines us is the search for the perfect wave. In my case, I’m still looking for the correct position in the surfboard and the suitable timing to stand up… I’ve only surfed in two beaches yet, but millions of surfers in the world have already visited Australia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Maldives, Morocco, among other places also desirable. But at what price do they go to these spots?<br />Today, unfortunately, surfers tend to leave behind an incalculable amount of garbage, like empty water bottles, packages of cookies, broken ropes, etc. Will the man be someday able to preserve what he so admires? Maldives, for example, is hugely polluted because some surfers don’t care about what is done with their trash.<br />How to avoid it, how to prevent it, is something to which I have no answer. I think that our environmental and collective consciousness should work. We never ask ourselves about the impact that many surfers may have in certain areas of the planet. We have to rethink what we want from surf in the future. Sometimes, the problem may not be the increasing of surfers, but the impact that each surfer has in the places they travel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Rita</span></div></div></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/12/surfers-are-permanent-travellers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-3452864856518174152Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +00002009-11-27T09:25:07.891-08:00The Great Global Warming Swindle<a href="http://penademorteja.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the-great-global-warming-swindle11.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://penademorteja.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the-great-global-warming-swindle11.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A few days ago, we saw in our Biology class a documentary called “The Great Global Warming Swindle”. It’s about the true cause of our planet’s heating and it presents ideas opposed to those on which global warming is based on. Scientists, politicians, economists and writers give evidences and agree that it’s not the human carbon dioxide emissions that are causing Global warming. They say that considering the temperature and the levels of carbon dioxide since the beginning of the Earth’s History, CO2 couldn’t ever be the cause. And it is a greenhouse gas with a low percentage in our atmosphere.<br />Besides that, the Earth’s climate is always changing. Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period and Holocene Period are periods where the Earth’s temperature was higher or lower than normal. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></div></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div><br /><div><br />The film shows us lots of graphs when we can clearly see that when the carbon dioxide is increasing rapidly, the temperature is decreasing (Post war economic Boom for example).<br />“An Inconvenient Truth” omits some very relevant information. Al Gore says that the relation between temperature and carbon dioxide is complicated. But he failed to mention what those complications were. “The temperature rises or falls, and then 800 years ago, CO2 follows.” </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408834251504790946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SxAKGDHoraI/AAAAAAAAACk/SyplwPQ7cQM/s320/capture.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 339px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://torrentchannel.com/gfx/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>So, what is changing the climate?<br />The Sun, is the answer the film gives to this question. They say that there is a correlation between the sun activities (sun spots) and the Earth’s temperature. </div><div><br /> </div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://andybowden.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/capture3.jpg" border="0" /><br />When the film was over and we were leaving the room, my head was more confused than ever. Global warming is a fact. But what is causing it? Are all the campaigns and commercials about Global warming a lie? I don’t know in who or what to believe. I thought the solutions were in our hands, but if we’re not the ones who started the problem… How can we solve it? </span></div><br />Rita<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">You can see "The Great Global Warming Swindle" here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDzuXPM1W3k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDzuXPM1W3k</a></span></div></div></div></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-global-warming-swindle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-1805985290630498016Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +00002009-11-22T10:38:47.213-08:00Is Biodiversity important?Who cares if there aren't so many species?<br /><br />Well, I think we all should care about it. No matter how small species are, they all have an important "role to play" in our life.<br /><br />So change your way of thinking because while we dominate this planet, we still need to preserve the diversity in wildlife.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SwmBpFegUWI/AAAAAAAAACM/dOmc8UQQYns/s1600/133293-11-a-rare-and-endangered-species.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 358px; HEIGHT: 279px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406995370479735138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SwmBpFegUWI/AAAAAAAAACM/dOmc8UQQYns/s320/133293-11-a-rare-and-endangered-species.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SwmB2yTtVSI/AAAAAAAAACU/Mxhrw1Ugq-0/s1600/mexican-walking-fish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406995605852345634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/SwmB2yTtVSI/AAAAAAAAACU/Mxhrw1Ugq-0/s320/mexican-walking-fish.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And if you do, in the future you may have the lucky to find a strange specie like those in the pictures.<br />If you don't, in the future you will find <span style="color:#999900;">nothing but a depopulate planet.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Think it over!</strong></span><br /><br /><strong> Marta</strong>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-biodiversity-important.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-7187563832390735437Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:29:00 +00002009-11-19T10:20:02.694-08:00Water Pollution<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Our planet is the only one in the Solar System that has <strong>water</strong> on its surface. It covers 71% of the Earth. Pictures?</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.4offsets.com/images/photos/seawaste.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 236px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px" alt="" src="http://www.4offsets.com/images/photos/seawaste.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.prof2000.pt/users/colegio/ambiente_global/Ambiente_Global/images/Soar.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://www.prof2000.pt/users/colegio/ambiente_global/Ambiente_Global/images/Soar.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="http://www.saltiremanagement.co.uk/images/pic_pollution.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div><a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/water-pollution.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/water-pollution.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4728342/103616-main_Full.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 368px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px" alt="" src="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4728342/103616-main_Full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.vivaterra.org.br/poluicao_oleo_4.1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="http://www.vivaterra.org.br/poluicao_oleo_4.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tD7RUjQSibQ/Rs-Xo0dQilI/AAAAAAAAAdo/bNOAquNTk5I/s400/polui%C3%A7%C3%A3o+em+rio+da+China.jpeg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tD7RUjQSibQ/Rs-Xo0dQilI/AAAAAAAAAdo/bNOAquNTk5I/s400/polui%C3%A7%C3%A3o+em+rio+da+China.jpeg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Words are unnecessary. Water is the most precious thing we have. And we're polluting and wasting all the reserves.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Rita</span></div><br /></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/water-pollution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-7848251480118341707Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-11-07T06:42:31.482-08:00Greenpeace<span style="font-family:georgia;">Greenpeace is a non-governmental organisation, with headquarters in Amsterdam and Netherlands. Its presence is now worldwide because it has offices in 46 countries and interventions all over the planet. It was founded in 1971 with the mission of changing attitudes and behaviours, protecting and conserving the environment and promoting peace.<br />Greenpeace’s fights are:<br />- Preserving and protecting our Oceans;<br />- Stop global warming and the climate changes;<br />- Stop deforestation;<br />- Demand peace and disarmament;<br />- Stop genetic engineering;<br />- End the nuclear age;<br />- Support sustainable trade.<br /><br />Despite not always being successful, Greenpeace has won its battles. The years passed, but the members of this organisation never gave up. They often risked their safety for our planet's future.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="right">Rita<br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zVu9eawb1QY&amp;hl=pt-br&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zVu9eawb1QY&hl=pt-br&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong>This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs changes. It needs action.</strong></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/greenpeace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-2850572346521886002Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:22:00 +00002009-11-06T10:43:01.632-08:00People Are Only Animals With Fancy Shoes<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The horizon has been defeated</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">By the pirates of the new age</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Alien casinos</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Well maybe it's just time to say</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Things can go bad</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">And make you want to run away</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">But as we grow older</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The trouble just seems to stay</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Future complications</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">In the strings between the cans</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">But no prints can come from fingers</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">If machines become our hands</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">And then our feet become the wheels</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">And then the wheels become the cars</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">And then the rigs begin to drill</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Until the drilling goes too far</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Things can go bad</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">And make you want to run away</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">But as we grow older</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The horizon begins to fade, fade, fade</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Fade away</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Thingamajigsaw puzzled</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Anger don't you step too close</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Because people are lonely and only</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Animals with fancy shoes</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Hallelujahs zig zag nothing</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Misery it's on the loose</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Because people are lonely and only</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Animals with too many tools</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">That can build all the junk that we sell</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Aw sometimes man makes you want to yell</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><strong>"The Horizon Has Been Defeated"</strong>, by <span style="font-size:130%;">Jack Johnson</span></span></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/people-are-only-animals-with-fancy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-1736984574379283417Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:02:00 +00002009-11-16T14:30:01.707-08:00All At Once<a href="http://losangeles.jollypeople.com/files/2008/08/jack-johnson-1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://losangeles.jollypeople.com/files/2008/08/jack-johnson-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Two years ago me, Rita and some of our friends went to a Jack Johnson’s concert in Lisbon. It was really AWESOME. I can describe it like one of my best nights ever for sure.<br />Besides Jack being such a good person and a very cute man, he has also got a green mind and he uses the fame to help our world. On their 2008 tour, Johnson and his crew collaborated with local and national non-profits around the world in the realms of climate change, water quality, community and school gardens, land preservation, environmental education, and more.<br />He has also got a foundation: “All at Once” that helps local schools build gardening programs. This involves students in hands-on living laboratories to deepen their understanding of science and nutrition. Another important goal is to increase the production and consumption of local and healthy food by students and entire school communities.<br /><br />Ok, the truth is that I love this man and his music. I must admit that I have all their CDs. And the most recent one was recorded with 100% solar energy.<br />What a pride of my idol!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">“An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change"</span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Marta</strong></span></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/all-at-once.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-4568274317543456799Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +00002009-11-03T05:22:24.518-08:00A baby issue<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399542678373246898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/Su8HdT3_p7I/AAAAAAAAABk/MtUJTiUuWLc/s320/upload%255CPicture-2_L.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">On today’s English class we read a text about a young couple who didn’t want to have children, ever. They decided that the most environmental thing to do was never having a child, because babies are not “eco-friendly”: they couldn’t ride their bikes anymore, they would have to spend more money, to waste more time, to buy food that’s not organic for the baby and they wouldn’t do enough to preserve the planet. I have to admit that this sounded a bit strange to me. I mean… babies are like gifts! Tiny, cutie little people that can always make us smile, that fill our days with happiness. I know that overpopulation is a serious problem which contributes to the loss of natural resources, hunger, pollution, etc. But this doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t have children! They shouldn’t have <span style="font-size:130%;">many</span> children. <span style="color:#33cc00;">We have to keep a balance.</span><br />That couple is, for sure, very helpful to the environment. Yes, they are really green. And it’s their choice to have or not a baby. But, it my opinion, they're depriving themselves from the best thing in the world: family.</span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/Su8H-OMo9EI/AAAAAAAAABs/A0B9p6Wu6Kk/s1600-h/456676.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399543243784909890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/Su8H-OMo9EI/AAAAAAAAABs/A0B9p6Wu6Kk/s200/456676.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>(oh my God, who doesn't like this?)</strong></span></p><p></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></p><p align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Rita</span></strong></p>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/baby-issue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-4167513708096683821Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-11-01T04:59:33.321-08:00The Green Song<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/Su2FiLKU1yI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZEFLLIjRXns/s1600-h/green-song-animation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399118350445238050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/Su2FiLKU1yI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZEFLLIjRXns/s320/green-song-animation.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"How green you are not how much you give<br />How loved you are is how you live<br /><strong>So know your greens and think a bit</strong><br />Because you don’t have to be green to be green"<br /><br /><br /><br />To see the video click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0QminAPMM">here</a><br /></div><div align="left"><strong>Marta<br /></strong></div>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/green-song.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-1244355050673233044Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:59:00 +00002009-10-25T15:42:08.753-07:00Another cold season...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This week the weather got worse. This always makes me feel a little bit down, because I just <span style="font-size:130%;">hate</span> being cold. I start singing that part from <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Green Day's song </strong></span>("Here comes the rain again, falling from the skies"), my hands get completely frozen, my hair is always a mess and, worse of all, I turn on the electric heating and I spend hours in front of it! But this winter I'm going to be <strong>GREEN</strong>. I won't turn on the heating like I did last year. I'm going to buy pullovers, so many fluffy coats, hairy slippers and I'm going to wrap myself in blankets. It will be raining outside, the weather will be freezing. But I will be warm in my house, smiling and saving energy.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Rita</span></span>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-cold-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642567730439984126.post-2410236288380152810Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:23:00 +00002009-11-16T14:34:30.587-08:00Thinking Of Green<div align="right"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/St4r1r0cvpI/AAAAAAAAAAM/msAh9ySsUzU/s1600-h/Sem+t%C3%ADtulo.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394797604932206226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IU7yqNU3CsU/St4r1r0cvpI/AAAAAAAAAAM/msAh9ySsUzU/s320/Sem+t%C3%ADtulo.bmp" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (Just to start...)</span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Nowadays, the number of people who really have <strong><span style="color:#009900;">“green-thoughts”</span></strong> is very low. We watch everyday people throwing trash onto the ground and not recycling, driving their cars over short distances, spending lots of money on unnecessary things, not saving the water and living their lives like there was no tomorrow. But there <strong>IS</strong> tomorrow, and it’s <span style="font-size:100%;">ours</span>. We are the ones who’re going to take care of the world… And what a beautiful world that comes into our hands: a world with garbage everywhere, endangered species, polluted seas and full of gases that contribute to global warming. How are we supposed to live on this planet?<br />Our generation is well informed and has a great contact with environmental concerns. But are we really acting and protecting the planet? The truth is that there isn’t much we can do. But we can do something, and that something is fundamental. If every single person recycled, saved water and energy, used the public transports and other small environmental concerns, the difference would be relevant.<br />In my opinion, it’s all about <span style="color:#009900;">getting together <span style="color:#000000;">and</span> acting</span>. The world needs us and we need the world <span style="font-size:100%;">more than ever</span></span>.</span> </span></div></div><br /><br /><strong>Rita</strong>http://greeningourplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/thinking-of-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marta and Rita)1